Author: Tulio Halperin Donghi

Tulio Halperin Donghi’s Historia Contemporanea de America Latina has been the most influential and widely read general history of Latin America in the Spanish-speaking world. 

The book is unparalleled in scope and known for its fine-grained interpretation.

Beginning with a survey of the late colonial landscape, “The Contemporary History of Latin America” traces the social, economic, and political development of the region to the late twentieth century, with special emphasis on the period since 1930.